Equine Technician

Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education, Easton College, Easton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR9 5DX

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  10 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  27 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Animal care
• Working pattern: Full time: This role includes working weekends, bank holidays, and college holidays, with participation in an on-call rota and supporting commercial yard activities.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: Trainee £24,828 per annum, Technician £25,255 £27,373 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

Equine Technician/Trainee

Trainee £24,828 per annum, Technician £25,255 £27,373 per annum

37 hours per week, 52 weeks per year

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Easton College Equine Centre as an Equine Technician. With continued growth and development, this is a fantastic time to become part of a dynamic and forward-thinking team committed to excellence in equine education and welfare.

In this hands-on role, you will play a vital part in supporting the practical learning experience of our students. You’ll work closely with both staff and learners to demonstrate key skills, supervise yard duties, and help maintain a professional, industry-standard environment.

Alongside supporting teaching and learning, you will be responsible for a range of duties including equine husbandry, feeding, mucking out, health monitoring, record keeping, and exercising horses, ensuring the highest standards of horse care and welfare are consistently achieved.

We are looking for a motivated and reliable team player who thrives in a busy, practical environment. Strong communication skills and a proactive approach are essential, as you’ll be working collaboratively across the Equine Centre.

Key requirements:

• Solid practical experience in horse care (including mucking out and feeding)
• Confident riding ability (walk, trot, canter, and jumping)
• A flexible, positive attitude and willingness to support a varied workload
• A minimum of BHS Stage 2 Complete (or equivalent) for the Technician role. If this hasn’t been achieved, then candidates will be considered for a Trainee position and given the training to achieve their BHS Stage 2. For the Trainee position, a vocational qualification, such as a Level 3 Technical Diploma in Equine Management will be required. The Trainee position will be fixed term until the candidate achieves their BHS Stage 2.

What the college offers its staff

Pension Schemes

Support Staff - Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) 19.8% Employer Contribution

Annual Leave Allowance

Support staff 26 days plus bank holidays increasing annually to 31 days and 32 days after 10 years.

College Rewards - A reward scheme providing discounts and/or cashback for purchases from a wide selection of retailers (in store and online)

Company Paid Health Plan - Reimbursement of healthcare costs (up to limits depending on membership level), access to counselling services and 24 hour a day advice

Eye Care Vouchers for VDU eye tests

Specsavers vouchers provided in advance of the appointment covering the eye test cost and discounts on a selected range of glasses

Cycle Solutions Cycle-to-Work Scheme

In association with Cycle Solutions, this scheme allows you to hire a bike via salary sacrifice. The full cost of the bike will be split across 18 months and deducted from your gross salary.

Discounts and promotions for:Solutions Gym, Solutions Spa, Solutions Hair Salon and Debut Restaurant at City College Norwich

Travel - Discounted, bus, rail and park and ride tickets

On site nursery at City College Norwich

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education

• Organisation type: FE College, ages 16 to 99
• Education phase: Sixth form or FE college
• Size: No information available
• Age range: 16 to 99
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Norwich City College of Further and Higher Education website
• Email address: heidi.ray@ccn.ac.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/norwich-city-college-of-further-and-higher-education

If you are looking for a career where you will change lives, build stronger communities and contribute to the prosperity of our region, then a job at City College Norwich is for you.


Our college is one of the largest in East Anglia and we have a diverse team of over one thousand full and part-time staff in a range of teaching and student support roles and business support services. Whatever your skills and experience, we are likely to have roles that will suit you.

The way we work together and with our students is really important to us. Our Ways of Working help us to work and learn together with respect, where an inclusive approach means that everyone is valued for their contribution to our community. 

City College Norwich has an outstanding campus with industry-standard facilities. Although our college has been established for over 135 years, a lot of the buildings on our campus have been built or newly refurbished in the past few years.


This includes our award-winning Creative Arts Building, and £9m Digi-Tech Factory which is proving to be a real asset for a wide range of students. This inspirational building is a centre for digital skills, including our digital technology, engineering and design courses. Our latest investments have been in our Advanced Construction and Engineering Centre which is home to a range of cutting-edge workshop equipment and the latest electric vehicle maintenance equipment and our Construction Skills Hub supporting plumbers and electricians of the future!


In addition to our campus facilities, students have access to some of the best specialist facilities in Norfolk. This includes our Aviation Engineering students who study at the world class International Aviation Academy Norwich and our Sport and Outdoor Leadership students who developed their skills at the Easton Centre of Excellence for Sport.

Superb facilities would be nothing without superb staff, and we have those too! Professional, friendly and expert teachers deliver high quality teaching and training in a supportive and challenging environment that is designed to meet your individual needs.


Rated 'Good' by Ofsted, the quality of our teaching is recognised in our latest inspection report and noted as helping students ‘make good progress, achieve their qualifications and realise their ambitions’.

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